Tag Archives: Pop Culture

MixedMedia Pt 7: The Convenient Indian Ancestor

Part 7 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Rambo, Tonto, Chakotay, Sokka, Val Kilmer, and more.

MixedMedia Pt 6: Living Your Culture Quietly

Part 6 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Forge
, Danielle Moonstar, Pow-wow Smith, and more.

MixedMedia Pt 5: A Volatile Mixture

Part 5 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Clara Bow, John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards, Namor, and others.

MixedMedia Pt 4: Adoption / Appropriation

Part 4 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. this chapter features Speedy, Kevin Costner, Jake Sully, Daniel Day Lewis’s Hawkeye and more.

MixedMedia Pt 3: Family Divisions

Part 3 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features a deep dive into Hawk, Son of Tomahawk from DC Comics.

MixedMedia Pt 2: An Undiminished Identity

Part 2 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture. This chapter features Elora Danan, Maya Lopez/Echo, Sarah Rainmaker, Ratonhnhake:ton, and more.

MixedMedia Pt 1: Ethnogenesis or Not

Part 1 of an exploration of mixed descent Indigenous persons in pop culture, including Katniss Everdeen, Louis Riel, Elrond, Declan Harp and more.

From word balloons to historic sites: What heritage can learn from graphic historical fiction

Tom Long, 2021 Comic books and history are not strangers. Next time you are in your local bookstore, find the (nowadays guaranteed) graphic novel section -stroll past the men in tights and teen manga- and you may find some of these interesting works of historical fiction. As museum and heritage people, there’s a lot weContinue reading “From word balloons to historic sites: What heritage can learn from graphic historical fiction”